Software Distribution Software
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:33 pm
Same with the words forwards and backwards
So... I am trying to find some software that I can use to manage my distribution, my client base for an extension I wrote is slowly growing over time and I'm about to the point where I am releasing updates & maintenance releases every so often, so I am trying to do "official release #s" and all that, and automatically email my customers download links?
Or is the proper way to handle this to make your software automatically update itself? That is an option but I wouldnt mind paying $20 a month / a few hundred one time cost or something to have the above functionality in the interim, does anyone know of some good stuff I could easily get up and running in PHP?
It would have to be secure in that it should not let an unlicensed user use a download link, the ability for users to automatically purchase and generate their download would be a plus. Its trivial to write but I dont have the time and there has to be something, lots of software companies are doing this.
So... I am trying to find some software that I can use to manage my distribution, my client base for an extension I wrote is slowly growing over time and I'm about to the point where I am releasing updates & maintenance releases every so often, so I am trying to do "official release #s" and all that, and automatically email my customers download links?
Or is the proper way to handle this to make your software automatically update itself? That is an option but I wouldnt mind paying $20 a month / a few hundred one time cost or something to have the above functionality in the interim, does anyone know of some good stuff I could easily get up and running in PHP?
It would have to be secure in that it should not let an unlicensed user use a download link, the ability for users to automatically purchase and generate their download would be a plus. Its trivial to write but I dont have the time and there has to be something, lots of software companies are doing this.